~ Inspiring Personalities is a profiling journal that seeks to motivate , elevate , recognise women who have defied odds and excelled in their careers across the globe. It is a diary of Women of inspiration and Mothers of hope

POI– We are grateful to feature a great social entrepreneur , an advocate for social change , an ardent voice for gender equity and justice, an indisputable example of girl child creativity ,a resilient fighter of citizens’ rights , a photo journalist and determined volunteer whose works touch many lives in corridors of Cameroon , beyond the bridges of Yaoundé up until beyond the mountains into other African countries and the entire world. Fideline is a fast rising International advocate of people’s rights and an agent of humanitarianism . MeetFideline Mboringong and drink from her honeycomb of creativity , resilience and inspiration. Contact us as always at inspiringpersonalities@gmail.com

Continue to like, follow and comment on the blog articles –(Mbizo Chirasha Blog Publisher and Editor)

My greatest life achievement will be the lives I have been able to touch or influence through my different engagements. The smile on their faces is what gives me the greatest fulfilment. Just knowing I have been of positive influence and directed someone in the right direction is good enough.

I am still to set my record regarding my artistic and creative achievement. However, as a photographer in training, I want to use my pictures to tell the stories of people that are voiceless and places.

For my academic achievement, it will be getting my first paper published. It was looking at “Balancing Extractive Activities and Biodiversity Conservation in the Congo Basin: Opportunities for Green Growth”

What roles are you playing in transforming your communities?

I believe each and everyone has a role to play in the development of our communities, countries and the world at large.

Coming from a humble background, with an environment full of challenges and realities like poverty, teenage pregnancy, school dropouts, I wanted to contribute in changing that. I have a passionate for motivating young girls to be the best of themselves.

I volunteer my services in different areas to contribute in transforming my community.

I work as a partnership coordinator on a program known as HerStory Initiative; a program that improves and empowers the lives of girls around the world through storytelling, creative expression, literacy and mentorship. It creates opportunities for women and girls to share their stories through LitClubs. Often students are so stressed in school with strict curriculums to follow, lots of information to assimilate and sometimes afraid to ask the wrong because they are afraid of been judged or laughed out.

The LitClubs give the students an out of the typical classroom environment where students feel free to express themselves through arts and creative writing. LitClubs provide safe and structured opportunity for girls to learn how to tell stories that empower them, and to meet with a mentor to strengthen their own voices. LitClubs are structured around LitWorld’s 7 Strengths: belonging, curiosity, kindness, friendship, confidence, courage and hope.

We believe that these are basic skills that learners need to be resilient in the society. It prepares them to be able to overcome challenge in their lives and society an aspect that our education system often misses. Through this initiative we have been able to reach out to over 120 girls and boys.

We even had the opportunity of taking one of the girls to the United States of America to attend the 2nd HerStory summit that took place alongside the Commission on the status of women (CSW61). This exchange program gave her a completely different perspective about life, culture through her interactions with people from different areas especially because this was her first time leaving her country. With knowledge and resources gained from the summit she already implementing a community project to improve on girls education and livelihoods

I believe these are experiences that could bring about change in young learners, giving wings to their ideas that should be included in education programs especially.

I am also a World at School Global Youth ambassador (A World at School is a rapidly expanding, new digital platform for youth activism and online campaigning for universal education). Through this initiative, I have taken part in several education campaigns like the safe schools campaign, the UpForSchool campaign that got thousands of signatures calling on governments to take urgent action to get every child into school and learning. In addition, I engage on action locally for the access of education for all children.

Also on several platforms, I am advocating for participation of youth in decision-making processes.

What are your future prospect in your career and your life.

I am looking at setting up a foundation that is focused on promoting creativity and talents for young girls and boys as diversion from social ills. I am motivated in mentoring young girls so that they become dynamic and innovative leaders in their communities thereby contributing in decision-making and community building. I want to travel the world doing this.

I want to be able to tell the stories of ordinary people and places through my pictures.

What is your parting shot to fellow women and girls?

Do not let gender or society define you, identify your purpose on earth and go for it. Invest your time and energy in the things that make you happy and fulfilled. Create even if it is just a little change on earth, for no effort is too little. There will always be challenges, do not give up, learn from the experiences. At the end, you will be grateful you did not give up. Chase your dreams for there is no stopping you. Be supportive of fellow women and girls on your path.

Fideline Mboringong has a Masters in International Relations from the International Relations Institute of Cameroon and Ca Foscari in Italy. She is an environment, education and gender advocate. She is passionate about environment protection, community development, empowering girls and youth. She has over 8 years of experience in community service, has actively developed, and executed projects on development, education, environment, gender and sexual reproductive health. She is HerStory Campaign Partnership Coordinator for Cameroon. An initiative that supports girls in creating lives of freedom and fulfillment through dynamic mentor-ship. She is also a member of the CIVICUS Alliance Youth Action Team, TheirWorld Global Youth Ambassador. She volunteers for Afrika Youth Movement (AYM), a pan-African, action-oriented, youth-led movement that believes in the active participation and leadership of African youth to transform Africa and achieve their rights to peace and social justice.

POI– a Trendsetter, a Wordslinger, a Super diarist , an Ardent documentarist , a Mesmerizing literist , an Amazing visual artist , an environmentalist, a traveler , a wanderer .Meeting Tarryn is like meeting God’s wholesome creativity , a gigantic natural wonder , a mystic creative endowment the God of creativity gave us. Her photo -artistry is mind spinning , while the story inside the visual is thought provoking. Jolly’s outpouring passion to nature ,its crawling beings and the wonderment interred in it , is quite mesmerizing.If Tarryn is not a creative angel sent on this mother earth to awaken us from slumber, she is the remaining artistic disciple of this natural mystery called Earth. Meet Tarryn Jolly , a story of stories in stories .-( Mbizo Chirasha POI EDITOR)

It’s funny how we never see it coming, those moments, those moments and choices that change your life forever. These incredible Beings came into our lives – and changed the course of history for our family tree.

Pictures speak a thousand words, and even more – they are moments in time that are captured forever… So no words need be said – Tarryn Jolly

WHEN NAMES CARRY GOLDEN TRAITS

Otherwise known as Tazz. Tazzy. Tarryn. Ta. Tarry. Tee. Jolly.
(Mom’s maiden name is Jolly, so I decided to take it as my own)

‘Tarryn’, valleys, mountains, and meadows. ‘Lee’, rugged rocks.

So this is me – born 1992, 02 December. Sagittarius and year of the monkey!

I have always been an inquisitive explorer out on barefoot adventures!

It has been the oxygen to my blood ever since I was a youngling – from collecting all shapes and sizes of shells and different varieties of rocks, to bringing home snails and often ants in my lunch box (much to my mothers delight!), as I was intrigued with how they built their homes, worked together, and carried loads 10 times heavier than themselves! Nature. Crazy. Beautiful. There was never a dull moment when I had my hands touching the earth.

Getting older, and growing up in the environment I did, with mom and the kids, as well as her baby home, and living on the land with the Zulu community in Oakford, I saw and have always been part of, a completely different life than many others know of or have experienced.

The rough. The raw. The scary. The frail. The poverty. The vulnerable. I have seen death. I have seen growth. The community. The culture. The history. The lands. The unconditional love. The endless service, the selfless service. The spiritual. The religious. The lives that were given second chances. The changes. The transformations. Those in need, those giving, and those receiving. I have seen the broken and weak progress to vessels of strength and purpose. I have seen hundreds of individuals and families sharing their time, laughter, and love, with these abandoned babies. I have seen volunteers from all over the world, come into my home as foreigners, and leaving as South Africans.

I have seen courage. I have seen growth. I have seen perseverance like no other.
I have seen families being bonded through love, and not just blood.

All these synchronistic happenings over my 24 years of existing on planet earth has really opened my heart to real moments of Africa, leading to my current passions and ever unfolding purpose.

CREATIVISM and CONSCIOUSNESS (Siamese Twins)

“We ask, what is it about Africa that unites us?’

GOLD DUST is a short documentary, narrated as a poem by various characters across the diverse landscape of South Africa, portraying their personal stories rooted in the rich heritage of South Africa, which ties us together as a country as well as unites us with the continent as a whole. We are Africa!

As we travel barefoot through South Africa, and eventually Africa, we allow this documentary to unravel itself as we go, using the locals and foreigners captivating love stories and experiences of Africa as our narration.

These interlaced interviews and moments that we string together to form a whole, express the boundless beauty of our extraordinary lands through the visuals of iridescent sunlit skies, evergreen valleys, rugged mountain terrains, the endless stretch of the ocean, and a multitude of other places and spaces. The traditions, the cultures, the musical melodies that beat through the feet of the people, the families and communities, the individuals, the languages, the sounds, the colours, the majestic animals,all intertwining and collaborating together to form the epic poem called, Africa.

We unite to act as catalysts in creating a ripple effect of moving Africa to the space of the heart, and portraying the raw, real, and pure beauty of Mother Africa, through the footprints that have been, will be, and are going to be, imprinted within her forever, and released as Gold Dust.

As a documentary film-maker, Barefoot Traveller, Inquisitive Explorer and Ambitious Adventurer, Travelling Toes orbits around the documenting of my journey, the interesting people I meet, the magical sunrises and landscapes of Africa, and all I create and manifest along the way.

From photography, videography, editing and writing, to my travels, stories, unique moments with fascinating characters of Africa, and my unconditional love for communities and local people, I combine these passions together to create short inspiration videos and stories of all I become a part of, as well as the ways in which I pay it forward to others through giving and creating – with little to no money – proving how simple it is to be a giver and of service to others… “The more you have, the more you need, the less you have, the less you need.”

I am inspired and deeply moved by all Mother Africa has to offer. Her ‘in-your-face’ attractiveness as well as her hidden, rough and raw realities which still shimmers with this majestic beauty, buried beneath the surface of her soil if you dig a little deeper…

Each piece of my travels, of my puzzle, is a fleeting moment in which I am able to capture and share, from her exquisite skies, her rugged mountains and infinite oceans, the evergreen valleys and different textured soils, to her mass diversity of cultures and people, as well as her visitors from other lands who become so deeply intertwined with Her, so much so that they feel they cannot leave.

PASSIONS, TALENTS and PEOPLE.

The amount of love, understanding, and purity that these kids have brought to my life, I doubt anyone could ever comprehend. I didn’t just watch them grow, I helped raise them. I have been a part of their every move, their every step, their scrapes and bruises, their first words, their first swim, their every baseball game or running race, their secrets and their loves, their pain and their understandings of life. From burping and feeding them, to changing diapers and bathing them. From rocking them to sleep in my arms, to spending the weekends looking after them when mum was busy. Being a part of their journey, and them in mine, has been the most phenomenal experience that life has gifted me. And how honored I am.

I am who I am because of my family.

Simon is now in music school and is a radical drummer! Mary and Jake are both captains in various sport disciplines – with amazing leadership qualities. Sadly, with every fairytale story, there are many moments of pain and suffering. Siyabonga will always have a space in our hearts…

To see the journey of how my rather remarkable family came to be, and my humble yet very wonderful pioneer of a mother, Ruth, please watch this 5 minute, award winning documentary that myself, and two mates from varsity created, for a short film competition called Stories Lived, in the category of Personal Passions.

A wanderer. A traveller. An earth lover, animals too, of course.
A spiritual individual who is deeply connected to and moved by our Creator, and all of Creation.
A ‘go-green’, passive, yet highly tenacious individual. An activist.
A rock jumping, ocean dweller, mountain climber, bush diver.
I thrive on being outdoors and being active.
A sunrise seeker and naturalist!
A selfless server of the people along my path – “The purpose of life is a life of purpose”

An artist in photography, videography, editing, and writing, quite candid! Inspiring and motivating people to see our daily joys in the simple elements of life…

“Never forget the importance of living with unbridled exhilaration. Never neglect to see the beauty in all living things. Today, and this very moment, is a gift. Stay focused on your purpose. The Universe will take care of everything else.”

My attitude to life is Sunny Side Up – always look on the bright side of life! Everything happens, as it needs to. Love the balance of life, the easy flowing times as well as the more challenging ones, there are always lessons to be learnt, choose to grow!

Through all my travels, endless wanderings (mostly a lone ranger with my camera), countless homes I have had the pleasure of embracing, and the curiously fascinating characters I have met along the way, as well as hilariously entertaining situations, I have realized my fulfillment in life comes from my filming, travelling to new and different places, being part of the lands, the different sceneries, interacting with people, sharing stories, and recording moments. This is my ultimate Passion that breathes life into my very existence – doing what I love, and through it, allowing me to share it with others – the ecstasy of following your own dreams, and believing in all that you are capable of.

I started dabbling with a camera in high school – I loved how one photo could capture the essence of a moment and unravel an entire story.

Because of my mom and the baby home, we had many international volunteers coming to stay with us over periods of time.

Cindee was one of these volunteers, our crazy Canadian! Also an incredible photographer, she showed me a 3-minute clip of these photos and videos she had compiled together of the kids and our family, with some background music to add that melody and set the mood.

This blew my mind, how you could combine stills, movement, story, and music, to create an expression of the world you see and what you feel.

She was using Mac moviemaker, and let me play around on it for a bit, showing me a thing or two.

I taught myself how to use Final Cut Pro and started messing around with videos and editing. I wasn’t a professional or anything, everything was self taught trial and error, with entry level equipment, but I did it because I loved it – my stuff was mostly about capturing and expressing the essence of different moments. My interest and style has always been documentary vibes, the ‘right now’ moments, not the staged productions.

I went to film school and graduated from AFDA – but my main focus was writing and directing… I didn’t take cinematography or editing, though sometimes I wish I had!

So that’s me, and how all this has come to be!

BEYOND IMAGINATION (Contact with Gods and Goddesses)

I have a connection to our Earth, a love for all people, and a story to tell. Although my style of work is RAW I feel this type of footage adds character to this process of revealing pieces of Africa. The perfection can only lie in the imperfection – as one can’t exist without the other – even in the word of ‘imperfect’ does it state ‘I’m-perfect’.

As I step into each moment with an open heart, a free mind, and one heck of a tenacious attitude – I seek to share my experiences with the people of the world, showcasing the infinite splendour that’s on offer and to stir inspiration within the hearts of people, to move them, to share with them my creations, and to show how simple it is to make a difference, to chase your dreams and to never give up or lose hope.

Through filming, connecting, communicating, living, capturing moments and service within and around communities, I am exhilarated by the change I witness and become part of…

As the traveller of these toes that walk barefoot through life, I embrace and step into the moment. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

A DIARY OF DOUBT AND HOPE (Phumie/Zake)

It was an ordinary sunny day of adventuring in Durban for me when I arrived home to find our helper and my dear friend, Phumie, in tears.

Her home was one bad gust of wind away from crashing ontop of them in their sleep!

There was this instant moment of connected compassion, understanding, and this surge of faith, when I told her I would help her build her home.

It was as if I had connected to the depths of her emotions, felt all she was feeling, and my spirit just knew – We can do this!

I started by creating a Facebook page for the project.

I then created a rough video edit introducing people to Phumie so they could know who she is and what’s her story.

I needed money for actual bricks, so I decided to create virtual ‘online bricks’ that each person would receive when they donated money towards the bricks.

(R100 per person, per ‘virtual online’ brick. If 100 people take part – we have enough funds to buy the batch of bricks needed)

The photo was so Phumie could see the face of each wonderful soul participating in this project. The inspirational quote was a personal choice of their own – so you lose never hope, and continue to believe in the infinite possibilities that life holds for each of us.

I promoted this daily and shared the status and FB page with every one I knew! Family and friends were very responsive, yet the process was slower than I anticipated.

February. March. April. May. June. July

It started getting tedious after a while, constantly trying to probe and plead with people just to share my status, never mind buy an actual brick.

Not enough people were responding.

I have 1900 friends on FB – and you’re telling me its taken this long – to get 100 people to each buy one brick? To rebuild someone’s home? Really?

I started to lose heart and drive, uncertain if I could do this. I felt annoyed with the world for seeming so disconnected from making a change in someone’s life.

July

It was in this flustering moment of doubt that I received a call from my dear friend, Gonda. “Tarryn. I have a guy with bricks. They are damaged, but strong and usable! Are you interested?”

Finally, a way forward! I accepted with gratitude, and moved into the next phase. The delivery of bricks!

But…

How am I going to transport these bricks?!

Facebook – Friends – HELP!

And of course, help came to the rescue through my beautiful friend, Julian Leighton, who put me in contact with a gentleman who manages a truck business.

An incredible human, whom I have yet to meet, Avinash, completely opened his heart to this project, providing a truck to fetch and deliver the bricks, as well as workers to offload them (myself included!).

I ran into a brick wall – face first.

When I originally asked Phumie what she needed in order to help fix her home, all she said was ‘bricks’. So, bricks are what I arranged.

Some bright spark then asked me

– “Tarryn, who is going to build this house once you deliver the bricks?”

To be honest, I hadn’t even thought of that.
So I asked Phumie…
Her response was priceless and rather light-heartedly humorous.
“The man who delivers the bricks.”

Wham! And that’s when I realized – what on earth have I gotten myself into?

Clearly, this was not viable, and I was in quite the predicament.

I had two choices.

Leave the bricks with Phumie and casually walk away… Knowing that she can’t afford to build her home, and that the bricks will slowly disappear one by one.

Well, mum raised me to never give up, and I’ve never been one to back down once I’ve set my mind to something.

So with no knowledge of building a house, and managing this all alone, I agreed to continue, with love in my heart and faith as my drive. My next step was to find a builder – so I chose a local builder from the community as a way of supporting the locals.

Meet Zakes

I underestimated the challenge of the language barrier between us! But we made it work. (Hand signals, body language, and the combination of broken up English and Zulu) Since the bricks were donated, I used the money we raised to pay Zakes for his labour. All his friends from the community laughed at him, saying how he can’t build a home with broken bricks.

It was even funnier for them because I was the umlungu (white person).
Yet much like myself, he was also turning the seemingly impossible – to possible.
Challenge accepted.

Many of which I had absolutely no clue what they were! (Thank you Google images)

August

Still in need of funds, I kept sharing the journey with people on Facebook, through my photographic documentation and inspirational descriptions of the process.

Thanks to my cousin, Jerri, she sent my link through to East Coast Radio for their ‘Heart Stuff’ section.

I received a phone call from them, wanting to interview Phumie and me, and to have us on air in the morning while everyone is driving to work – how unfathomable the synchronicities are! Everyone knows someone who knows someone who can help.

East Coast enabled us to reach more of the Durban population, sharing our list of needed materials.

Such a blessing, the Independent on Saturday heard our story and drove all the way to Phumie’s home to come and interview us and snap some shots. We were on a roll, and seemingly unstoppable! Special thanks to Tanya Waterworth and Zanele Zulu.

One Brick – The Short Story

I arrived home to find Phumie, a staff member at Sinakekele Children’s home, in despair. After one of our freak storms, her mud hut home took its last beating and was crashing in on her and her two kids, fearing for their life every time the wind blew. I decided to help her buy bricks towards the building, gathering funds through various methods, starting with a Facebook

POI- 2018 is a year of new things ,new ideas , new empowerment and just greatness and newness. Meeting Hildah Tafadzwa Princess Maritinyu is a great inspiration and a life time training . The Princess is a bundle of talents- She is a creative and a social entrepreneur, a poet , writer ,counselor and a teacher. An absolute all rounder .Tafadzwa is also an advocate of gender equality and cancer awareness. Maritinyu is also a God- fearing mother and a beacon of light to her immediate society and Zimbabwe as a whole . This gem of social and creative entrepreneurship hails from a little recognized,clay earthed town located on the peripheral hems of large cities of Chinhoyi and Harare. Despite coming from this smalland down trodden farming town of Banket . Maritinyu has defied all odds through her absolute resolve and sheer tenacity . She is a symbol change , hope ,light and dignity to her community and the nation at large. POI is greatly gratified to feature the Princess in this inspirational installment. Readers meet Hildah Princess Maritinyu , a well deserving creative leader- Mbizo Chirasha( PoI Editor)

a)life achievement was finding Christ
b)artistic achievement is being able to put my thoughts to paper
c)academic achievement ,I am yet to achieve my ultimate goal of going to university
d)creative achievements, Inspiring and motivating others with my writings

2. What roles are you playing in transforming your communities?

a)I am a volunteer with Zimbabwe Cares Network,Zimbabwe Cancer Carers and 1000 BPP(Books Pens Pencils)..I am an advocate for children’s welfare being passionate about making a difference in people’s lives.3. What are your future prospects in your career and your life?

a)To be able to publish a book i have been writing and a collection of poems and short stories
b)to establish a halfway house for women and children in dire straits,to open a day care centre
c)to open a life skills centre for women in marginalised communities4. What is your parting shot to fellow women and girls?

a)we are more than just pretty faces and beautiful bodies..we are our brains ..no more excuses,use those brains and you can hit the glass ceiling

Hildah Maritinyu-A 37 year old feisty,sassy,bold,unconventional woman,a mother of 1 and an infants teacher.

I am passionate about changing lives and making a positive impact on the lives that I touch.

POI- DAWN is an inspiration like her name, her works shine like the rising sun. We wake up to the embrace of the orange like yellow tinge gently quilting the eastern horizon slightly above our African hills and we hear excited songs of early morning birds . We nod our sleep ridden heads as our foul, tired breath resonate with fart of the wind and the jive of infant sun-rays over the hills . DAWN is here, we all run to the village pulpit to beat the drum to invite for another millet beer binge or Mbaqanga concert. It’s Dawn. We are greatly humbled to present DAWN , an artist ,philanthropist , social ,climate , environment activist , writer ,poet ,organizer, originator and singer . Continue to follow our blog journals, contact us at inspiringpersonalities@gmail.com .

My greatest achievements, range from building a green, Eco- conscious self sustainable farm (which I feel is a life achievement) to recording and releasing my first album (The Faraway Sessions part 1), as well as the continued work I am doing with my art (painting, charcoals and tattooing) and decor and art for festivals such as splashy fen. I feel that having the strength to pursue my creative passions, as well as the stamina to continue despite the challenges, is my greatest achievement.

I have worked on projects such as Kwasuka Sukela (which provides a platform for local artist from every field from music to art and poetry), to assisting in developing the organisation called SACCRA (South African Cannabis and Community Regulatory Association) which has been lobbying for the free and fair access to the cannabis plant for all, as well as Izihlahla Ezil’hlaza, which is an initiative that aims to use art, music, photography and poetry to bring attention to social and environmental awareness issues. My next goal is to set up a local art and creativity centre for the youth of Hammarsdale/Mpumalanga area .

I have been working on the content for my second album, which I plan to record soon and release early next year, as well as the development of a local folk and reggae outdoor festival for early next year.

To woman and girls all over the world, we are the creators, the nurtures…we must nurture ourselves and each other and let our light and strength as woman shine through all that we do. We are strong beyond our physical capacity, our light is great beyond measure, and we must never again shrink from this strength and light in order to make others feel less insecure, but rather walk forward, confident of our abilities, leading by example.

You can contact DAWN at the following email contacts,twistedtreeorganics@gmail.com.

POI– Samukeliso Chuka is a rising and vibrant star in her own right. She is a promising Poet whose writings are oiled by paradox depicting unequal social and unbalanced political landscapes. POI has decided to feature this young but Creative poet as one of the PEACE MONTH Personality of inspiration. The rising poet needs more of our hand for her exposure. Talents have to be exposed to benefit both the author and the reader .Chuka proves to be well versed with a diverse pack of issues which influence her pen. Despite her tender age Chuka is an inspiration to many girls. You can contact the team at inspiringpersonalities@gmail.com . We welcome comments, likes, views and follows. Happy International PEACE MONTH!

UNDERWEAR

“Tora gidi uzvitonge”,
They told us as they
Handed us bullet- less
Guns,

Preaching justice,
That I wonder,
Whose justice,
Which justice…..
If not juxtaposition of lost souls;
Democracy becoming destruction,
Strategic displacement of value
Now their main priority,

The Blackman in the Whiteman’s
Jacket,
The hypo -critique state,
Metonym of a forgotten struggle…..
Violence their fist possible
Pass for sanity,
Their delusions a pragmatic
mechanism of their madness.

Nihilism their only hope,
A confused nation,
A troubled nation,
Existentialism is their only plea,
Freedom they cry for,
But a whim of toxic air and sjamboks
they receive.
Creating desolation in the name
Of peace is their art.

Now I stand in my beloved country,
Tear jerked…
For I am but a languishing human,
In hostile exile…

Kimberly ss chuka.
@sphynxauditorium….

BETROTHED

Tattered mind, drifting with the wind.
Strange similarity
Hard to decipher.
A tomorrow is,
But an accidental yesterday;

That yesterday;
My betrothal day
Merry not,
Wonder in mother’s cruelty
Betrothing me to death,
Rather than a husband.
To her I was a burden,
A stain to her lavish life.

Her unborn child,
Though life she could give.
On that night;
Oh fateful night,
Quite night all barred out…..
Melancholic cry,
Though savior to my unborn self;

Sentimental paradox.
A mother’s love I knew not,
It transcends simply a charade,
Shouting crises surmounted in
turmoil,
To the twist of my fate.

Alas’
It grapples with truth,
And keeps to shadows,
This pain I can never but show.
For I was damned,
To betrothal.

Kimberly ss chuka.
@ sphynxauditorium.

NOW I SHALL SPEAK

Indeed I shall speak for I
have been quite for too long.
If I don’t break this silence
surely I shall be judged on that
Fateful day……

I will speak of the cruelty
That grips this urcursed
World. Of the jails they have
Filled with innocent people
While they place culprits in
Boardrooms….

I shall speak of the freedom they
Preach but cannot practice.
Of the people they have led to the slaughter in the name of politics.
I will speak of how offices have become bedrooms, of fathers who
find pleasure in the nakedness of their daughters;

Of how politics the leading business
to get you quick, yes I will speak of the war heroes turning in their graves because of the mockery you make of their sacrifice….

Speak I shall of how you go to sleep in parliament, acting like high school kids while the nation suffers in the spite of looking up to you for answers….

Of how power is now transformed through marriage and conjugality,
Yes I will say it out chief commandeering harlot who they make a role model, the harlot that looks down upon the ones do in what she did to gain power, of how you murdered them all for the sake of power;

As I speak I will also cry;
For you cde Josiah Magamba Tongogara,
Baba Joshua Mqabuko Chibwechitedza Nyongolo Nkomo,the torch bearer Solomon Mutsvairo,the henchman Edson Zvobgo……
For I am ashamed to say that the independence you fought for is no more…..

I will indeed speak of the monopoly you practice in our faces, of the voices that glitter with hatred yet we are one people.
Yes I shall speak of the wounds that have marred the academic face of a nation….

Yes I will speak of that death another funeral, a fallen hero but of what cause, Things fall apart, “Achebe”….

I have spoken and I will continue to speak, for my mouth is but a cave filled with defined words of the bitter truth..

Kimberly ss chuka.
@sphynxauditorium….

MELANCOLIQUE

In this dark corner i find my peace.
Away from all your sorrow….
As the deep hatred within me
destroys that little inner peace i had….

As my heart bleeds i wonder why?
Life is this unfair….
The people who are supposed to protect me are the ones who have destroyed me;

Mother going rogue, whilst father befriends the bottle, little brother calling me mother in that childhood innocence…..
Finally they have taken it away
the only pride i had and can never return! My childhood snatched before thine eyes…..becoming a mother to my brother at three,
While rejection loomed above us as our parents drowned in their misery….

Leaning on me to console your own pain,
Forgetting i was but only a child.
Finally i became a child to the wind when you divorced…..
The one you sent
me to became master and i slave, as i struggled to live and forget everything you had imposed on me, voices started forming in my head becoming the only friends i had…..

No one hears my cry neither do they see my worth, i walk in their shadows daily.
The pain seems to increase as i can only dream of studying as i see others my age going to school…
When iam nothing but a house help to my own family;

Your words have marred me, the thrashing stick you made my sibling has left scars i will carry all my life.
Father! Where are you?,
He can but not answer;
Mother i love you….
She can but not respond…little brother i miss you
Oh!i forgot people six
Feet under do not talk to the living……

Now all alone in this world i can but wonder when my own life will end.
For just as i close my eyes,
It all comes back to me, reopening those wounds that can but never heal……

Silibaziso ss chuka
Sphynx auditorium

Silibaziso SK .Chuka is a rising poet, writer and advocate of girl child rights. Her writings are influenced by her daily experiences and her surroundings. Her poetry is mainly paradoxical, depicting unbalanced Zimbabwe social landscapes. The Young poet has passion for Arts journalism and listens to Jazz and Soul Music.

POI– We are greatly humbled to feature a versatile Writer , Health Issues Expert and staunch advocate of social and Gender Justice , Barbara Mhangami – Ruwende. Mhangami-Ruwende is a mesmerizing inspiration to women and girls in Zimbabwe , America and others countries. She has a very tight life schedule as she run a non- government research project , write stories , organize speeches and articles for gender justice conferences . This Creative Titan also works as a Writer in Residence , While in she has graced several Writing , Creative and Arts Spaces that include Writers Festivals ,International Book Fairs , Art Symposiums and Cultural gatherings. We are greatly humble again to feature this bundle of talent in our fast growing , humble and inspiring- Long Live Mhangami-Ruwende!

To all our readers , writers , creative talents , women of resilience and mothers of hope. You can contact us at inspiringpersonalities@gmail.com .Do not hesitate to follow , to comment and like our articles.

What is your greatest life, artistic, academic and creative

Achievements?

My greatest life achievement is having and raising four beautiful, socially conscious, activist, grounded, inquisitive, creative and overall loving and loveable daughters. My greatest artistic/creative achievement is writing and completing a novel with the title: ‘I did not ask to be born’. My greatest academic achievement is the PhD in epidemiology, where I conducted research in a topic I am passionate about.

What roles are you playing in transforming your communities?

I have always been a community-oriented person. I attribute it to my upbringing, which was partially rural. I learned very early in life that there was nothing more rewarding than when we all do well. In every community I have lived in, I have tried to contribute something positive. For example, my PhD is looking on Knowledge and attitudes towards HIV in the West African immigrant women in the Detroit Metro area. The long- term view is to create evidence-based intervention programmes, in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Community Health, tailored towards this community that is on the margins here in the United States, Many do not speak or write English so the programmes would be in French, Wollof, and Madinka. I also consult with lawyers, doctors, teachers, social workers on matters pertaining to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Michigan. This is an issue most Americans know nothing but there are more cases of FGM being reported.

I am also an activist against gender-based violence, homophobia, racism and all things that pertain to social justice issues. I take part in protests and marches to protect women’s reproductive health rights, and I am part of the struggle for a basic human right: Healthcare.

What are your future prospects in your career and your life?

I look forward to continuing the work that I am doing in public health and I also look forward to writing more. As my girls get older, I will hopefully have more time to devote to my creative projects.

What is your parting shot to fellow women and girls?

Be true to who you are in all areas of your life. This is not easy given the fact that we live in a world that often treats difference as a negative thing. Fight for the space to be totally you. It is your right and no one has the right to dictate to you how you ought to be. You have the right to express your sexuality, your political and cultural views without harassment or fear of retribution. Discover the things that give you joy and embrace them. It is your birthright to be joyful. Help your sisters on the life long journey of self- discovery. Share opportunities, knowledge and laughter and where you find yourself in a leadership position, lead from feminine leadership principles. This way we can create a better world than the one we currently live in. Be kind to oneself and to one another, it makes the most arduous journey lighter.

Barbara Mhangami –Ruwende is a scholar practitioner in public health with a focus on minority women’s sexual and reproductive health.Mhangami-Ruwende is the Founder/ Director of the Africa Research Foundation for the Safety of Women. She is originally from Zimbabwe. She holds degrees from University of Glasgow, Scotland, Walden University and attended the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She writes opinion editorials on the status of women with a focus on Africa. She consults on policy and has written policy briefs with recommendations on ending violence against women. She has been on panel discussions around the issue of FGM and looking at novel ways to end the harmful cultural practice.

Barbara is a vocal activist and advocate on issues to do with gender-based violence, economic justice for women and gender parity in government institutions. She is a writer published in the short story anthology Where to Now by AmaBooks Publishers, Zimbabwe, on Storytime online literary journal, on Her Zimbabwe feminist website, in the anthology of short stories, Still by Negative Press, London, in the Journal of African Writing, 2014, in the annual short story Anthology, African Roar, 2013 the Caine Prize Anthology 2014, the Gonjon Pin and Other Storiesby New Internationalist. She is also published in Guernica Magazine 2016, USA and in Maple Tree Literary Supplement, 2017, Canada. Her poetry has been published in the anthology Muse for Women, 2013 and African Drum by Diaspora Publishers, 2013. She was a 2014 Hedgebrook Writer in Residence and Caine Prize for African Writing workshop attendee. She is a mentor with the Writivism program at the center for African excellence (CACE) Foundation and a member of Rotary International.

POI- Theresa Stromnes is a unique character , a confident human being , a vivid storyteller ,proactive in all her doings . The personality grew up in a diverse of cultures , cults and traditions. Despite her race . She grew up to experience and adapt in the strong Zulu traditional cult. She devised and earned her story telling skills and her energy , confidence and detail is unquestionable. Read with attention about this amazing personality. This mesmerizing personality is more friendly to animal species and she is environmental friendly. Kindly send your profiles , stories and other writings at inspiringpersonalities@gmail.com, follow our Facebook group and our Twitter . Post your comments and likes on the blog site.

Unique Character -It is interesting to me that you would find me, out of all the many outstanding women in this world, as a woman of resilience and a mother of hope, for I am indeed that person in

my own small way. I cannot even begin to equate myself to women in refugee camps or to those who are raped and sold into slavery and, and, and….

– When an African become more African than her africaness– I come from a very Matriarchal background:

My father killed himself when I was three. My mother, a teacher, had to return to work to raise her 4 children. I was the third youngest. I walked to the local government schools and finally matriculated there.

An absolutely pivotal person in my life at this stage was my Zulu mother, Winnie Majola, Makhosi. There is so much to write about this incredible woman that it might be better to chat to you personally so that

you will be able to capture the true essencence of our connection. Winnie was my world. She spoke to the part of me that was African, to the woman who walked closely to the earth, who got up to feed her

children no matter what; the women who fiercely defended one another and their family and their ancestors and their culture and their belief and who kept it all going against all odds. Day after day we would sit

after school and eat lunch together at the old wooden table in the kitchen. Winnie always made be skoko (the crust of the phutu ) and imfino (zulu spinach ). (please excuse my spelling…I am just spelling the words

literally as I say them as I have never had a formal Zulu education )

Anyway, at that stage Winnie was still a Thwasa and she over time became a full blown Makhosi. She always told me that my ancestors would call me and follow me and one day it would me my turn to throw the bones

and be a Makhosi. One night whilst cooking supper for my family, I dropped everything and said ‘I have to go”… ‘Winnie is calling me.”

I raced down to Mccords hospital and found exactly where her room was without ever having been there. She was guiding me of course. She turned to me; I said ‘Makhosi’. She said ‘Makhosi’, and she closed her eyes and died. There isn’t a day that she isn’t with me. I see her in all the spirit animals. Frog is birth and Bat is cleansing. I know she is with me. We laid her to rest at her family home in Impendle. We took her unresting spirit from my mothers house with the imfundise and the hlahla mkhosi tree branch ( the buffalo thorn tree ) and she was at peace.

Your parting shot to other women and girls?

So, I supposed I am working back to front in answering this question first but if you know what you want and love and believe in, then you will find your truest

and most sustainable path and hopefully joy and fulfillment. I have always said that it would be so perfect if we were born with wisdom and then gradually became

childlike rather than the other way around. We are expected to make the biggest decisions in our life when we the most ‘unwise’. Alas, there must be a reason that

it is that way….

Anyway, here are some of the things that I have learnt and that I think all women should know:

A lot of it has been said before but has become clichéd and so we just brush over it and don’t really believe in it.

You are beautiful and strong and capable beyond your wildest imagination. ITS NEVER ABOUT YOUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. Beauty shines from within.

Remember the time you were exhausted and plagued with illness and still got up to bathe and feed your children? That is mother.

Remember when you held out a hand to someone else in need? That is compassion.

Remember when you put all you plans on hold for someone else.That is selflessness.

Remember when you put on your best dress and some makeup and braided your hair for 4 hours, even though you had so many other things that needed your

attention, like work, school, family, food,housekeeping…but you did that for someone else knowing that you would work late into the night to complete your chores

…that is love and kindness and woman.

You will always find the strength somewhere to get through everything that needs to be done. I don’t know how it works, and when I look back at raising my two

sons on my own and working full time, I don’t know how it happened and how I did it. I believe in God and I believe in miracles and I believe in women.

You are not edified by the man whose arm you lean on or by the children who bear your name. You are edified by being beautiful, strong, courageous,

kind, forgiving, selfless, intelligent, wise and invincible.

Don’t compare yourself to others. There are always people who are more beautiful or more clever or more accomplished or, or,or, or….you are perfect just the way

you are and everyone has a gift; nurture it.

Spend your time with people who uplift you and know your ‘wonderfullness’.

Never give up on love.

Love and respect your mothers and grandmothers and all older women in your life. Spend time with them and listen to their stories and glean their wisdom and

understand your roots and background and culture.

Learn to sew a quilt and cook a family meal and plant a vegetable garden.

Happy girls are the prettiest girls. Have fun, laugh a lot and dance and sing, even alone at home if you are shy to do it in front of others. Move your beautiful body.

Note–-Theresa inspires a generation of young women and girls. Her story is a true story and can help avert xenophobia attitudes.

The emergency of so – called modern industrial production in Africa , which is the processing mostly of raw minerals , raw timber , raw materials into finished consumable products , the coming of missionary churches and the teachings of Christ and the holy spirit. The invention of auto mobiles , breweries , cosmetics , schools and medicine was misunderstood by Africans and they deemed their traditions and customs in their rawness as satanic , ancient ,archaic and backward forgetting that our roots and traditions can define our identity and can be solutions to our daily life and healthy complications.

Africans forgot about the use of African medicine, food and beverage as well as cosmetics and rendered them devilish while they concentrated much on Western medicines and other materials which brought a lot of problems in the modern day generation ,problems that include tissue and skin complications from using synthetic cosmetics that contain dangerous properties like oxidants and carcinogens. The modern junk foods sometimes lack the necessary minerals which defend the our lives from diseases , most of the foods are genetically modified and are not organic and original – a lot of our people are dying due to cancers , tumors , diabetes and heart complications , while health professionals advise people to eat their organic food now to save their lives. So the idea of organic products and foods for skin , healthy care and wellness is a life saving idea.

Black African Organicspty Ltd is a new wholesale and retail business that has since opened in South Africa , the company was founded by South African young business Entrepreneur and Analyst Mondli Magwaza and it is run by a team skilled young persons coming from a diverse technical and professional backgrounds , with great passion on the use of African organics mainly by women for their skin care and beauty. Black African Organics pty Ltd has since imported and distributed organic skin care and healthy products across South Africa and Africa. Their customer base is usually women from the tender age of 6 to the age of 75 years . The responses from their clientele and society at large have been refreshing and promising. They are working with a number of retailers that include pharmacies and Spas across South Africa , their suppliers are mainly from West Africa , Ghana and the Caribbeans.

The Vision of the Black African Organics pty Ltd is to establish a just, sustainable and enriching market for African organic products throughout its value chain while affording customers suitable , healthy and natural cosmetics originated from Mother Africa. Some of their useful and reliable products include -⦁

African Black Soap is revered for having skin nourishing benefits due to an abundance of antioxidants. The soap is made from the ashes of plantain skin, cocoa pod, and palm leaves, and palm oil from leaves or kernels. Some additional ingredients, depending on what makers want to add in the soap, it could be honey to soften the skin or shea butter and cocoa butter for extra moisturizing properties.

⦁ Liquid African Black Soap has a number of uses including removing makeup, treating acne and healing rough and dry skin. This Fairtrade soap can be used for bathing, showering and washing your hair, hands and feet. An additional plus is the soap has the ability to gently fight the effects of aging and soothe the effects of sun damage.

⦁ Shea Butter is an off-white or ivory-colored fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree. Shea butter is a triglyceride derived mainly from stearic acid and oleic acid. It is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer, salve or lotion. Shea butter is edible and is used in food preparation in Africa.

⦁ Jamaican Castor Oil is rich in Omega-9 fatty acids that moisturize the scalp, which prevents your hair from drying out. Applying castor oil regularly can help moisturize your roots and scalp to prevent dry air, as well as promote hair growth.

⦁ Cocoa Butter is a natural fat extracted from the cacao bean. It has been used for years as a moisturizer. It has vitamins A and E to fight against environmental damage and therefore the signs of aging. It helps the skin retain moisture and improves elasticity. Cocoa butter is said to improve the appearance of stretch marks. It is also used to ease skin conditions like rashes, eczema, and psoriasis.

⦁ Tea Tree oil is well known for its powerful antiseptic properties and ability to treat wounds. Tea tree oil (TTO), the volatile essential oil derived mainly from the Australian native plant Melaleuca alternifoliate has been widely used throughout Australia for at least the past 100 years. And for over seven decades, it’s been documented in numerous medical studies to kill many strains of bacteria, viruses, and fungi. It is making homemade cleaning products, diffusing it in the air to kill mould, applying it topically to heal skin issues and taking it internally to treat viral infections. It’s becoming an increasingly popular ⦁ active ingredient in a variety of household and cosmetic products, including face wash, shampoos, massage oils, skin and nail creams and laundry detergents. Tea tree’s natural antiseptic and anti-inflammatory actions make it an ⦁ essential oil that should truly be part of everyone’s natural medicine cabinet.

⦁ Argan oil is an organic product extracted from the kernels of the ⦁ argan tree, which is native to Morocco. It is extremely rich in beneficial nutrients including fatty acids and vitamin E. Its properties make it particularly beneficial for the hair and skin, which makes it a popular cosmetic choice for many celebrities. It is not just for the rich and famous, though – anyone can reap the argan oil benefits for their body.

Most of mainly South African Women seem to have embraced these products and even the reliability of the e-commerce shops and other retail shops where these useful and original products are sold from .

These are some of the sentiments from the clientele-

April 18, 2017-Nomfundo Fufu Vilakazi

thank youmuch for your quick response to messages and for your service delivery. Ordered my products on Thursday afternoon. Paid Friday evening and it’s Tuesday afternoon and I have shea butter and black soap. Thank you.

Pat Mcolifant

Where can I find ur products in Gauteng.

Sihluphekile Zuze -June 2 at 10:45pm

Great service, just received mine today, can’t wait for the results!

Siphelele Zizikarzi Dlamini- May 26 at 9:47pm

Oh my gosh I cannot stop telling people about the face renewal combo 😭🙏. It has changed my life.

Marumo Mmathepa Marumo–Which one is the Face range?

These sentiments are a proof beyond the shadow of clear doubt that Black African Organics Pty Ltd has gained a strong back up from the South African girls , mothers and grandmothers. The sentiments proof that the sales people of this company are reliable and the products are highly recommendable.

The Entrepreneur in Chief of the Black African organics is confident that by 2020 , the whole of South Africa and Africa as a whole will return back to the use of the original , natural and organic food and products for their skin care , beauty and healthy care..

Find more information of the Company and products on the following links-

I always call the month of June , month of resilience, the month of resistance. It is when we feature some industrious and unique personalities in our blog journal. We profile individuals who are exceptional in their talents , potentials and professions. It is un-usual of us to feature a male personality on our blog-site, in this journal we give our beloved readers a special blog profile of a high rising , mesmerizing , progressive and versatile South African born Entrepreneur ,Business Analyst and Founder of a fast growing wholesale and retail beauty and healthy care Company, Black African Organics [Pty} LtdMondli Magwaza.

Mondli Magwaza is a unique young man who grew up under the guidance of a poor grandmother , who could not afford him fees , food and proper shelter in Mandeni , South Africa. Mondli spent many nights with an empty stomach, he trudged for long hours to school . He and his grandmother would sleep in darkness due to lack of money and acute poverty. The young Mondli grew up suffering this brunt of poverty and swinging penury . The pangs of poverty pushed him to the edges that he hatched big dreams for his life and career. Stings of poverty unleashed the lion of greatness that was hidden in his hard rough ,black tough skin to roar and shake the tough world. He pursued his education despite unending family hardships.

After completing high school . Mondli left his poverty stricken family for greener pastures to Durban, he spent most times hoping from one menial job to another. Itnever rained but continued to pour for Magwaza for he will spent most of his nights in the streets .PAINFUL. These experiences molded the the Entrepreneurship skills in Mondli who has since become an iconic national , if not a global youthful entrepreneurial personality.

After years of resilience and hard work , Mondli excelled in his studies , profession and Career. Magwaza is presently a renowned youthful and Entrepreneur who founded and owns a company that contribute to the GDP of South Africa , a company that is creating employment for a lot of young people across Africa, the Black African Organics PtyLtd – which is a one stop whole sale and retail business importing and distributing African organic products for skin , beauty , healthy care and Wellness. It is mesmerizing , unique and ironic that a male personality venture into such industry and get successful, Magwaza is fast growing in his business that boast of partners in both West Africa and South Africa.

Mondli has also invested much of his time in knowledge , education and skills development . He has acquired for himself qualifications in business marketing , insurance , Quality control , Digital and computer science, Business science and Data /information management with reputable South African Institutes.

Currently Mondli Magwaza is a private contracting Systems Analyst and Business Analyst at Standard Bank South Africa (Pty) Ltd with 14 years hands on experience in Project initiation and analysis, Enterprise Application development, Integration, Database Design and Maintenance, SharePoint implementation and full life cycle software design and development experience. He has played a development, lead and analysis role in complex projects with clients such as Eskom, South African Revenue Services, eThekwini Municipality, Impala Platinum, Anglo American, Standard Bank, Liberty Life, Exxaro Mines and Santam Insurance Group etc.

Mondli Magwaza is a leading and mesmerizing inspiration toi the growing generation in South Africa and the entire Africa.

POI- This great month of May – sometimes endowed with cloudy mist dawns while evenings are dressed in shadows in a journey to black pitch caves of savana nights. May ,the month of hooting owls , laughing hyenas and regretting baboons, WINTER is knocking our dizzy brains and quite a tough and a musical festival in African jungles . The Tenor of the evening chilly winds, the soprano of hooting birds , the baritone of barking baboons and the tempo of laughing hyenas. POI affords to bring to you our readers , followers and personalities , an inspiring personality Poet , Performer, Published Writer and Creative arts activist Rebaone K. Motsumi. The Poet and artist is proof beyond the shadow of clear doubt , the princess blessed with verbal dexterity and syntactical thoroughness . Her poetry is a must READ. Rebaone is a fast rising poet based in BATSWANALAND present day Botswana. She boasts of her magical choice of words. POI presents Motsumi to you enjoy her heart-beating and soul-ticking poems.

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I WRITE BECAUSE…

This blood running in my veins… has got excess reserves measured in gallons confounding even the most astute As sternums heave and strain under duress of words hidden and decompressing in a heart much too small to contain them

Veins pulsate with surplus crimson Ruptured syntax convene with scattered semantics As I bleed cerise ink from pen No choice have I but to pour myself out Lest the air becomes privy to thoughts solemnly promised to paper In fervent presuppositions of adultery kept at bay

I write because no choice have I been given But to pour myself out To pour myself out Pour myself out…

Only I know the colour of my rainbow But then there is you having gently insinuated your hallowed dominion over my earthly abode You are arrived… I’m nowhere near your rapturous flawlessness Ha! Royalty has always been the bane of my existence

How fitting that I be privy to kingdom secrets! Secretly secreted away in unknown places I have rendezvoused with angels They equipped me with royal priestly etiquette Singing praises to Him who declares freedoms from the entirety of His benign heart Light beckoning to souls galumphing in inky darkness

Trudging through the muddy alleys of life Feet cracked, cracks caked with fine dusted filth Sandstorms not withholding their bludgeoning… in contentment not found My palms were always meant to massage love into feet having traipsed forlornly through heartache The kaleidoscopic colours bursting forth are my rainbow let loose

I cannot hold on to the colourful constellations circling Circles in-cased in my mere existence let them colourfully attack your senses as I let go and create another rainbow Whose colours will only be known to me

WIDOWED VIRGINS

Burrowing in a deepening gorge In decadent self-indulgent orgies Mourning like a virgin in sackcloth Grieving for the beloved of her youth Daughter disregarding her mother’s words For straying and decaying worlds Of prostituting selves In clothes spelling expensive yet screaming cheap Matrimonial beds defiled beforehand Culmination found in sin Consummation profound, premarital Soundless and keening groans that cannot be uttered The Spirit’s place taken By the unworthy given token Of appreciation undeserved Avenging angels of sensuality reign Sackcloth cover where in lace ‘twas supposed to be adorned Virgins wear black for men lost Given to the world at no cost Husbands given the worst In brides having long given the best To scavenging birds of prey Gorges don’t spew the burrowers Who deepen the caves of hades For themselves and demons hate While we cry for our betrothed Who now in decadence stand clothed Dead in spirit to the heavens Leaving the mourning virgins widows Whose husbands live in dead-like daily obscenities

…OF AILMENTS

Hearken unto my stricken cry You heaven Because in all I had I did try Though life I did not leaven Still forces I could not control In everything set me off And my life became unbound as a roll My chest heaving with cough Ailments I could not overcome Though I fought With this I could not love Could not dare dream to be bought All I do will be in the fight Till this one takes flight

Beady eyes punctuate groans uttered Careening off limits from shrines cluttered with debris from screeches of witches thrown down caves They crow They hoot As owls respond with wide eyed speculation as water flows down to create a dam reputed to have healing powers powers doctored with a crafty astuteness of vulnerabilities availed for extortion

Beady eyes punctuate groans uttered Careening off limits from shrines cluttered with debris from souls and spirits having found a saviour discovering destinies long lost to misty and belligerent enemies Whose sole aim was to derail and detain destiny To the horror of a benevolent creator who gently guides in a quest to supremacy

Beady eyes punctuate groans uttered Careening off limits from shrines cluttered with debris Of shirked irresponsibility Of exorcised demons which had masqueraded as angels of light Now keening in distress As souls discover destinies And wrench themselves from witch doctored masquerades

Rebaone K. Motsumi -is a young lady from Radisele, Botswana. She is a missionary working with Urban Rhythm Youth Center in Lobatse. she also is a writer with a published book; a poetry anthology called Letters to my Beaux. She performs poetry under the stage name Soetik. She also sings and dances as well.

POI is published by Mbizo Chirasha – the Founder of the GirlChildCreativityProject , Writer , Acclaimed Poet and WordPress Publisher.

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